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bell target was ringing for Binton A in their match against Avenue-RBL last
Thursday. With 25 bulls spread between the team whilst Avenue-RBL struggled to
match their performance last week . Michelle Dale was shooter of the night with
her score of 33 then team mates Andy Smith, Simon Dale and Alan Dyer each scored
32pts. Gary Hooper, John Parrott and Will Cemis all scored 30pts. Neil Bragg was
also looking at a good score until his last pellet flew to the outer edge of the
target. With eight shooters, his scored ended up being scratched. Paul Nixon
Barron and Louise Price both shot 30pts for the visitors and Peter Mole and Paul
Seabury both shot 29. New shooter Sarah Seabury started and ended on a bull but
had mixed fortunes with her middle pellets. All in all, the rest of the team had
too many loose threes to worry Binton who romped to victory 219pts to Avenue-RBL's
198pts.Meanwhile, at Wilmcote, Binton B who only had four shooters turn out on the night, had to forfeit 2pts to Wilmcote who only had six shooters. Andy
Morris and Alan Brookes shot steadily for 33pts each, Tim Stephens scored 31 and Lyn Brookes, Jon Packard and Paul Boazman all shot 30pts. Ben Chamberlain for Binton B shot 32, Mike Perry shot 30 and Gordon Onions 29. Roy Clarke had a disappointing score with some loose threes.
Home Guard shot against MEB both teams shot well last week but the Home Guard team could not maintain their accuracy in this match. Colin Fulford had the best score of the night with 34pts but his fellow shooters struggled to find the bull. Jackie Mills and Derek Powers both shot 29, Richard Mills 28 and the rest of the team had a spread of threes to bring their scores down to the mid twenties. The lowest of Home Guard's eight scores was scratched to give the team a total of 198pts well below last weeks score. MEB's performance was comparable to last week with 34 from Paul Clingan and 33 from both Karl and Alison McMillan. Fred Williams kept out of the threes for 32 as did Ray Hodgkins who shot 31pts. Jan Beattie gave a steady performance with 30pts and Gordon Spencer shot all fours except for one three. Kath Williams did not shoot as accurately as she can and had to be satisfied with 26pts which, being the lowest score was scratched but this still left MEB with 220 pts and victory over the Home Team.
Matches tonight (Thurs) Avenue-RBL vs Wilmcote, Binton B vs Home Guard and MEB vs Binton A
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